Buhari administers the FEC and swears in CJN Ariwoola.

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola was sworn in by President Muhammadu Buhari as the nation substantive Chief Justice on Wednesday in the Council room of the State House in Abuja. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), three months after being appointed by the president, Ariwoola was confirmed by the Senate on September 21 and then took the judicial oath of office. Before the start of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) weekly virtual meeting, which is presided over by the president, there was a brief ceremony. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a few cabinet ministers, additional Supreme Court judges, and the governors of the states of Oyo and Ondo, Seyi Makinde and Rotimi Akeredolu, respectively, reportedly attended the ceremony. On, Ariwoola was selected to act as the acting CJN on June 27, following the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad, on health grounds. Justice Ariwoola was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court on Nov. 22, 2011, by President Goodluck Jonathan He is an indigene of Iseyin in Oyo State Speaking to State House correspondents after the swearing in, the CJN appealed to politicians in the country to allow the judiciary to function properly as the 2023 elections approach while promising reforms at the apex court. Makinde, who also spoke to the correspondents, expressed gratitude on behalf of the people and government of Oyo state to the president. Meanwhile, the Council observed a minute silence in honor of former Minister for Special Duties and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, who died recently.